june gloom on 15/12/2010 at 03:43
AHAHAHAHA RON PAUL WHAT?
Martin Karne on 15/12/2010 at 20:48
Hahaha...
As I expected the sudden knowledge of being left alone for N.Korea is taking its toll in paranoia, and they're fast and furious digging a 500 meters tunnel to test a nuke.
If they keep going like that their land will become a nice and glassy parking lot.
Kolya on 17/12/2010 at 11:40
Despite the fact that Julian Assange l(
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2028734_2029036_2029037,00.html) eads the poll for Time's Person of the Year by far, Time editors decided to make it tenth on the list Mark Zuckerberg.
This is after Assange had been dropped from the list completely for a short time during voting (described as a technical problem), a few days after the cable leaks. Time editor Richard Stengel (
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20101216/ts_yblog_thecutline/time-editor-defends-zuckerberg-choice-over-assange) defends the Zuckerberg choice over Assange saying
"Assange might not even be on anybody's radar six months from now." (Because he will be dead then, right?)
The reasoning for the decision reduces Assange to the person, not taking the meaning of the wikileaks idea into account, while Zuckerberg is chosen for how Facebook changes the world.
One guy releases information about government screwups and is hence chased, harrassed and having American right wing media ask for his assassination. The other sells personal information about private persons to companies and becomes Man of the Year. Only in America.
Fingernail on 17/12/2010 at 11:45
Also facebook is hardly "this year".
Although I guess there was a popular film about him this year!
Kolya on 18/12/2010 at 11:00
You better don't visit wikileaks sites if you're a student in the US, it could damage your career. Several universities have sent out warnings in this regard to their students because they might not pass security screenings for government service. Meanwhile the US Airforce simply blocks access to sites like the New York Times(!), Le Monde, Spiegel, Guardian, with a message saying that internet access is monitored.
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Melan on 18/12/2010 at 14:07
That's plain beautiful. Unfortunately, I don't have much more faith in European governments, so no schadenfreude will be expressed. :rolleyes:
Queue on 18/12/2010 at 15:46
Quote Posted by Kolya
You better don't visit wikileaks sites if you're a student in the US, it could damage your career. Several universities have sent out warnings in this regard to their students because they might not pass security screenings for government service.
Yet another example of a college education not getting you a job.
:laff:
Kolya on 18/12/2010 at 17:43
Quote Posted by Melan
That's plain beautiful. Unfortunately, I don't have much more faith in European governments, so no schadenfreude will be expressed. :rolleyes:
But that's not what I meant to say. Without the USA we wouldn't have democracy and freedom of speech here. That's why it's so weird, alienating and depressing to see these increasing totalitarian signs coming from the States. And when I joke about it, I'm just trying to express my solidarity with those other Americans, of which we have quite a few on these boards. I'm not anti-American, I'm anti-totalitarian. k, just wanted to get this straight.
